Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.582

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Dvitalānām alaṅkāraṁ vakshye saṁkshipyate'dhunā ।
Upānādi-stūpi-paryantam ashṭāviṁśad vibhājite ।
Ādhārochchaṁ guṇāṁśaṁ syāt pāda-tuṅgaṁ shaḍ-aṁśakam ।
(*M.*, xx, 1, 3-4.)
Janmādi-stūpi paryantaṁ chāṅga-mānam ihochyate ।
Saṅkāshṭa-pañchakāṁśaṁ harmye tuṅgaṁ vibhājite ।
Ādhāraṁ chāshṭa-bhāgena vedāṁśaṁ charaṇāyatam ।
(*M.*, xvi, 48–50.)
Uttaraṁ vājanādhāraṁ ādheyaṁ śayanaṁ tathā ।
Uddhṛitaṁ cha mūrdhakaṁ chaiva mahā-tauli svavaṁśakam ।
Prachchhādanasy(am) ādhāraṁ etat paryāyam īritam ।
(*M.*, xvi, 56–58.)
Parimāṇa-virodhena rekhā-vaishamya-bhūshitā ।
Ādhāras tu chatur-dvāraś chatur-maṇḍapa-śobhitaḥ ॥
Śata-śṛiṅga-samāyukto Meruḥ prāsāda-uttamaḥ ।
Maṇḍapās tasya karttavyā bhadrais tribhir alaṅkṛitā(ḥ) ॥
Ghaṭanākāra-mānānāṁ bhinnā bhinnā bhavanti te (prāsādāḥ) ।
Kiyanto yeshu chādhārā nirādhārāś cha kechana ॥
(*Garuḍa-Purāṇa*, Chap. xlvii, vv. 38-40.)
Valabhī chhadirādhāraḥ ।
(Hemachandra, *Abhidhāna-chintāmaṇi*, 1011, *Pet. Dict.*)